Aaron White
{{short description|American dramatist}}
{{for|the American basketball player|Aaron White (basketball)}}
{{notability|Biographies|date=July 2017}}
{{Infobox writer
| name = Aaron White
| caption = Aaron White, 2010
| birth_date = {{birth year and age|1980}}
| birth_place = Inglewood, CA
| occupation = Playwright, Producer, Director
| education = California Institute of the Arts
}}
Aaron White (born 1980) is an American actor and director, his most notable work for The Dance: The History of American Minstrelsy, which he co-wrote and co-directed with Jason Christophe White (no relation). He is also an independent music producer, and the owner and founder of Slingshot Media.
He graduated from St. Bernard High School, in Playa Del Rey, CA, in 1998, and is a graduate of The California Institute of the Arts, where he received a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Theater in 2003.{{Cite web |url=http://www.seethedance.com/who-are-we/4515998366 |title=Archived copy |access-date=2009-10-20 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150415013223/http://www.seethedance.com/who-are-we/4515998366 |archive-date=2015-04-15 |url-status=dead }}
Plays
- City Noise (play) (2003){{citation needed|date=July 2017}}
- The Blood They Shed (2004)
- The Dance: The History of American Minstrelsy (2005) (Co-Director){{cite web|url=http://www.racewire.org/archives/2007/03/must_see_the_minstrel_dance_th.html |title=Must See: The (Minstrel) Dance Theatre - COLORLINES |publisher=Racewire.org |date=2007-03-01 |accessdate=2012-01-05 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20081127175323/http://www.racewire.org/archives/2007/03/must_see_the_minstrel_dance_th.html |archivedate=2008-11-27 }}{{cite web |url=http://www.blackfemlens.org/review3.html |title=Review |publisher=Blackfemlens.org |date= |accessdate=2012-01-05 |archive-date=2016-03-03 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303212157/http://www.blackfemlens.org/review3.html |url-status=dead }}{{cite web |author=New York Cool |url=http://www.newyorkcool.com/archives/2007/March/new-york-city-theatre-reviews.htm |title=New York City Theatre |publisher=New York Cool |date= |accessdate=2012-01-05 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303231325/http://www.newyorkcool.com/archives/2007/March/new-york-city-theatre-reviews.htm |archive-date=2016-03-03 |url-status=dead }}{{cite web|url=http://broadwayworld.com/article/A_New_Look_at_Minstrels_20070305 |title=A New Look at Minstrels |publisher=Broadwayworld.com |date=2007-03-05 |accessdate=2012-01-05}}
Awards
In 2007, The Dance: The History of American Minstrelsy won an NAACP award for “Best Playwright” with the co-playwrights being Jason Christophe White and Aaron White.{{cite web|title=Inglewood's Director Aaron White One-Man Show: 'The Blood they Shed' - Los Angeles Sentinel|url=https://lasentinel.net/inglewood-s-director-aaron-white-one-man-show-the-blood-they-shed.html|website=Los Angeles Sentinel|accessdate=21 July 2017|date=5 June 2013}}
References
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External links
- [http://seethedance.com In Tha Cut - Official Site]
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